Walking with Dinosaurs by Toyway

[GojiraGuy1954]

I don't have any Invicta figures, but I do have the Toyway diplodocus and I can probably find the Schliech Allosaurus.

I have most of the unpainted Invicta figures

[WalkingWithBeasts]

I've been doing quite a few WW style repaints recently, here's what I've achieved:

Ophthalmosaurus x2
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfBT6orFjt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cephalaspis
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHZ8roAi84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Othnielia
https://www.instagram.com/p/CO0qcsvAgta/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Dimetrodon
https://www.instagram.com/p/COYdXNTATKC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Edaphosaurus
https://www.instagram.com/p/COVaGAXAsGV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[Duna]

Wow! They are just like the ones in the series. Even the figures you chose fit perfectly with the designs.

[WalkingWithBeasts]

Wow! They are just like the ones in the series. Even the figures you chose fit perfectly with the designs.

Thank you!

Yes I try to match the sculpts with the ones in the series as much as I can.

[WalkingWithBeasts]

I already posted this in recent acquisitions but I thought that it ought to be here too

Four very rare WWD figures by Quick which arrived today

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193787468@N03/51404564529/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193787468@N03/51403063582/in/dateposted-public/

[SBell]

I already posted this in recent acquisitions but I thought that it ought to be here too

Four very rare WWD figures by Quick which arrived today

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193787468@N03/51404564529/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193787468@N03/51403063582/in/dateposted-public/

Were you able to get them with their boxes/bases and fossil replica?

[WalkingWithBeasts]

Only the Diplodocus came brand new with the box and the fossil but all the others were loose.

[Duna]

Hi again, now it's time to present my WWD collection at a whole. 

I have talked about the start of my collection previously, but I'll sum it up here. I discovered the Toyway figures two years ago, I had never heard of them before. But as much I liked the documentaries I fell inmediately in love with them. But I didn't even try to collect them at first, almost 20 years after they were released ... collectors would have bought every single figure and kept in their collections. And people talking in this thread from 2012 about some of them being difficult, and expensive (ten years ago!) ... So impossible task. I browsed eBay just for curiosity and there were only a bunch of Polacanthus (my favourite) and a pair of Torosaurus.

And one day, I unexpectedly found a mint-in-box-Tyrannosaurus from a Spanish seller. The last place I though I would find those figures, in my country! And the seller had some more boxed tyrannosaurus, too! So I bought one. It was lovely, huge! The box was incredible, a piece of art by itself. But I suddenly felt very disapointed. I felt so happy about that wonderful T-rex and at the same time so frustrated about the imposibility of completing the collection, that I put the tyrannosaurus on sale. Yes, I did that. (Un)fortunately, no one bought it and one or two weeks after, I found an Iguanodon in a cheap Spanish toy lot. Oh, the iguanodon was wonderful, too!
And ... I fell into it. I decided to have a quick look at eBay again. There were more figures, and the elusive Liopleurodon at a very high price. No, I couldn't complete the collection, so I told myself to stop looking but ... the very next day, a seller was selling all his collection as bids, all the figures except the utahraptor, laellynasaura, tyrannosaurus and iguanodon. I couldn't believe it! So I contacted the seller and he agreed to sell me all the figures, including the liopleurodon. Some figures had the name of the kid written on the belly and the paint was quite damaged, but that was no problem. I restored all the paint wear, very carefully so not to alter the original design.
I inmediately retired the mint-in-box tyrannosaurus of the sale. And I opened it!  I tried not to destroy that wonderful box, though. But I needed that figure, as tyrannosaurus from second hand are usually quite damaged and the paint of that figure is the worst to restore. Almost impossible to do if you don't have an airbrush.




Some weeks after that I found the Utahraptor and later, the Laellynasaura, which was the most expensive figure I got, and the smallest at the same time.

So in my experience, don't ever lose hope, and start any collection you wish. It may never be too late, or if you just want some figures. Even now you can complete the WWD Toyway collection. In fact, this year lots of figures have shown up on eBay, and some of them very cheap. I've seen lately some for even 9 to 11€ and even less in lots. The most expensive continues to be the Liopleurodon by a great margin over the rest.


My collection:




I also purchased another Iguanodon for a repaint to give it the same look as the "American" iguanodon from the series. There are more pics on the previous page.




And a "Nayab?" Placerias, which is a very good figure:




And a complete set from Burger King WWD skeletons from 1998, including the cardboard box. There are 5 figures in the set and my favourite is the Ornitocheirus by far. Lovely leaflets, too. Probably if they were figures instead of skeletons would be one of the most appreciated articles, but they are not. But I love them anyway. More pics in this thread.




But probably my most preciated may be the set of WWD Quick/BBC miniatures, distributed by Quick, a French chain of fast food restaurants. They were only available for a month and I only know 5 complete sets in the world (2 of which I had myself but sold one).
They are too good for a fast food toy, they are really nice collector pieces. The ramphorrynchus and the baby diplodocus are the only one officially made for the series and the fossils that come inside the box are a very interesting addition, plus the fact sheet.
The complete collection was reviewed for the Dinotoy.blog by B @Bokisaurus so I highly recommend you have a look at it.




But I also have something that is even more rare, in fact I only know mine (and the one I sold). . I only got the tyrannosaurus and diplodocus in its mint packages. The liopleurodon and rhamphorrhynchus were very hard to search for. Really really hard, as I didn't purchase all of them from a single collector, I had to search for hours and days and months until I completed the collection. The figures alone were easier to find but the boxes were very difficult. I almost cried when I got the last box that meant I had finished.






I found in this web the picture of the box (Magic Box) in which the figures came. It has a really nice design, a tyrannosaurs on one side, a diplodocus on the other.




The mini figures display nicely among the Toyway collection ... I have the baby diplodocus with the allosaurus, the liopleurodon and the tyrannosaurus with their "mother" ...

I took some pictures of the figures I got before they found a better home:




Tyrannosaurus mother with the three "chicks":




Hope you like them!

[Fembrogon]

That is a beautiful collection. I still remember getting the chance to see the Toyway figures in person when my family visited England back in 2000; naturally I wanted to buy at least one, but it didn't happen. A lot of those figures still look quite nice even by today's new standards, and it's exciting to read your story of discovering them one by one. I still wouldn't mind at getting a Polacanthus or Postosuchus someday (the two which caught my eye the most as a kid), so I guess I'd better keep my eyes peeled!

[BlueKrono]

You at one point had four of the little Lios? That's quite impressive. I think the minis might be even harder to come by than the big ones, and the full size Lio is already one of the rarest plastic dinos.

[Duna]

You at one point had four of the little Lios? That's quite impressive. I think the minis might be even harder to come by than the big ones, and the full size Lio is already one of the rarest plastic dinos.

Now I do have four again, thanks to a trade with a friend, along some of the others, too. They are too cute to resist. But I'm thinking I will probably keep only two, one with the "mother" and the other on the box, and make someone happy other day.

[Duna]

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[Shonisaurus]

Thanks for sharing I had no news of those Toyway miniatures they are very well done by the way.

[Faelrin]

Was digging through Collect Jurassic's twitter for some old pics, when I stumbled upon a tweet showing this image. Feel like it may be worth sharing, since it may be one of the only images out there of the Ophthalmosaurus still in box, if not the only one.

https://twitter.com/Starfishjgs/status/1530684461620264961/photo/1

[ceratopsian]

Thanks @Faelrin - it's such a beautiful model, even more so when as new! I hope one day to find one in good condition!!

Was digging through Collect Jurassic's twitter for some old pics, when I stumbled upon a tweet showing this image. Feel like it may be worth sharing, since it may be one of the only images out there of the Ophthalmosaurus still in box, if not the only one.

https://twitter.com/Starfishjgs/status/1530684461620264961/photo/1

[Duna]

Was digging through Collect Jurassic's twitter for some old pics, when I stumbled upon a tweet showing this image. Feel like it may be worth sharing, since it may be one of the only images out there of the Ophthalmosaurus still in box, if not the only one.

Forum member @BrontoScorpio has not only the Ophthalmosaurus in box but all the rest of the collection. He has the most complete boxed collection I know. And a set of the Quick minis, too.
Check the picture of his boxed Toyway: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=6606.msg322651#msg322651

[Faelrin]

@Duna Thank you so much for passing that to me. I had no idea. That's truly incredible one of our own has managed to accomplish that feat (aside from what you and @Crackington also have, if not anyone else I'm missing).

[Crackington]

Afraid I don't have too many WWD original models these days @Faelrin, only the Liopleurodon and the Polacanthus. I've had many of the others down the years but have found them too useful in trades etc.

However, @Duna's great collection snaps and your picture of the boxed Ophthalmosaurus have reminded me of the day I bought the Liopleurodon back around the Millennium. It was in the Hamleys toyshop in London and whilst there were only a couple of Lios on sale, there were around 10 Ophthalmos all pristine in their boxes, just like your picture!

I was a bit too skint to buy both unfortunately and was simply stunned by the Liopleurodon so bought that.

I wish I had deeper pockets though, I would have snapped up a couple of the Icthyosaurs for sure!

[Faelrin]

Ah thanks for sharing that. Must have been very exciting to find those store shelves back then. Kid me would have loved that for sure. If I remember right wasn't it you that found the Ornithocheirus in a random toy lot a few years back?

[WalkingWithBeasts]

Ah thanks for sharing that. Must have been very exciting to find those store shelves back then. Kid me would have loved that for sure. If I remember right wasn't it you that found the Ornithocheirus in a random toy lot a few years back?

I remember pretty vividly buying the Liopleurodon brand new at a dinosaur related shop when I was younger. Wish I got more back then when they were only like £5 each but I've managed to collect all of them now via eBay and charity shops (minus the Ornithocheirus of course).